If Ricky Gervais is nervous at having annoyed half of Hollywood at the Golden Globes, he’s not showing it. The British comic, who delivered a stream of acerbic jokes as he hosted the American film and TV awards on Sunday night, came back from an avalanche of criticism today in a particularly

The former Big Brother contestant who sparked a furore when he promoted “managed anorexia” on Twitter has admitted his campaign was a hoax. Kenneth Tong, who appeared on the 2009 series of Big Brother, said today that he publicly called the eating disorder a “blessing” in an attempt to test

10. John Grisham Books sold: 8,683,739 A long-standing best-seller, John Grisham needs little introduction. Since penning legal thriller The Firm in 1991, the American author has released novel after novel after fast-paced novel which have invariably hit the best seller’s lists before being

Strictly Come Dancing is set to achieve a ratings record tomorrow night when Kara Tointon, Matt Baker and Pamela Stephenson compete for the show’s crown. The BBC One programme is expected to follow in the footsteps of The X Factor, which hit an all-time ratings high during last weekend’s final

Colin Firth spent the first two months of this year criss-crossing the Atlantic on a fruitless Oscar campaign treading numerous red carpets. One year on and he is about to step back on to the treadmill, because this time he is the hot favourite for Best Actor and will be backed by an array of

The X Factor has traditionally been an annual four-month-long guessing game. The contestants who stunned the judges in their first auditions rarely continued to impress throughout the series, while quiet talents would slowly come in to their own, peaking when it really mattered. Picking a winner

Matt Cardle may have won The X Factor last night but the stoically disappointed Rebecca Ferguson could yet prove the real winner. The X Factor’s six-year history is littered with winners who have sportingly paid tribute to the runner-up in their victory speech only to be been trounced on the

10. Diva Fever: Sunny It was one of those moments when you felt a kinship with the UK’s TV viewing population. You just knew that around the country people were doing the same thing you were: repeating over and over to themselves, “Is this really happening?” And it was happening. Decked out in

He likened her to a dancing hippo, she branded him a misery but Strictly Come Dancing enemies Ann Widdecombe and Craig Revel Horwood are to end up in one another’s arms after being paired for the show’s stage tour. The acerbic judge will partner the former Conservative politician, whose clumsy but

Academy Awards organisers have surprised the film industry by announcing that Anne Hathaway and James Franco will host next year’s Oscars ceremony. The American actors are among the youngest ever hosts of the prestigious Hollywood event and come to the role without the comic kudos of their